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'Beaujolais Nouveau' - Paris celebrates France's world-famous wine festival

'Beaujolais Nouveau' - Paris celebrates France's world-famous wine festival

Issued on: 22/11/2019 - 19:07Modified: 24/11/2019 - 16:10

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This year's Beaujolais Nouveau tastes of strawberry or gooseberry. (Beaujolais Nouveau 2019, Au Pied de Cochon, Paris) — This year's Beaujolais Nouveau tastes of strawberry or gooseberry. (Beaujolais Nouveau 2019, Au Pied de Cochon, Paris) RFI / Arnab Béranger

By: Arnab Béranger

Like every year, France kicked off its festive season with the Beaujolais Nouveau celebrations. Japan and the US are the largest importers of Beaujolais Nouveau, a freshly harvested wine with a very short shelf-life. Marketed as a fine wine outside of France, the New Beaujolais is considered quite low-end by the French.Arnab Béranger has this report from a festive event in central Paris aimed to boost sales of the 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau in France and across the world.

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